Food items reported for Schilbe mystus
n = 38
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish Alestes leuciscus Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Brycinus dageti Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micralestes acutidens Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Haplochromis cf. bloyeti Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Tilapia sp. Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chrysichthys auratus Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pellonula leonensis Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sierrathrissa leonensis Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lates niloticus Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Synodontis sp. Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollimyrus isidori Chad juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Parailia pellucida Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Schilbe intermedius Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified Nigeria juv./adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unidentified Sudan juv./adults
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. Insects Unidentified Coleoptera (not available) juv./adults
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. Insects Unidentified Hemiptera (not available) juv./adults
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects Unidentified Orthoptera Chad juv./adults
others other terrest. invertebrates n.a./terrest. Insects terrestial insects Sudan juv./adults
others other terrest. Invertebrates n.a./terrest. insects Unidentified grasshoppers Nigeria juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified (not available) juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Caridina Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Macrobrachium Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unidentified (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Povilla adusta Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects Povilla sp. Ghana juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects aquatic insects Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects unidentified Nigeria juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified Sudan juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified (not available) juv./adults
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